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On June 4, 2009, Liz Leavitt graduated from HDS with a master of divinity degree. Here, she discusses the ways in which her experiences at HDS have helped shape her life; why incoming students should explore all of their options; and what her plans are...

HDS students discuss how lay Catholics are responding to virtual Mass.

"Bow down before the one you serve," growl the lyrics to Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole." The track is the epitome of 1990s industrial pop music—a jagged bit of full-on rage against the capitalist machine. You wouldn't think that the tune's vocals...

Duncan Gardner, MDiv ’14, is one of the growing number of alumni of the HDS Buddhist Ministry Initiative (BMI), the first program of its kind at a divinity school associated with a major research university. He tells the inmates in the Tennessee prison...

HDS students took advantage of a rare opportunity on October 15 when they, along with several alums, partners, and friends, piled into two cars and headed down to Hartford, Connecticut, for the unique experience to tour a temple of the Church of Jesus...

Travis Stevens received a master of divinity degree on June 4. Here, he discusses the ways in which his experiences at HDS have helped to shape his life. What were your initial expectations before you started at HDS? Similarly, was there anything that...

Rachelle Sam, who graduated from Harvard Divinity School on May 27 with a master of divinity degree, came to HDS, like many of her classmates, with a wide range of interests. Through the flexibility of the master of divinity degree curriculum, including...

On January 16, 2014, Cornelia Cannon Holden was the latest alumni guest invited to speak to students, alumni, and friends as part of the Divinity Dialogues series. Holden, who is the CEO, Mindful Warrior and Director, Core Leadership Portal at The...

Celene Ibrahim, MDiv ’11, is one of a growing number of HDS alumni who pursue religious leadership in a tradition other than Christianity—and in a setting other than a house of worship. As Tufts University’s Muslim chaplain, Ibrahim works with students to...

Sometimes a profession quietly chooses you, instead of the other way around. For Harvard Divinity School student Elizabeth Smith Leavitt, MDiv '09—originally bound for law school, after a challenging year as an English as a Second Language tutor through...

Harvard Divinity School today announced a $25 million gift from artist and philanthropist Susan Shallcross Swartz and her husband, investor James R. Swartz, AB '64. The gift—the largest in the School’s 200-year history—will enable HDS to move forward on...

After completing the review process for over 300 paper proposals submitted to the 2013 "Ways of Knowing: Graduate Conference on Religion," I am happy to announce that 120 graduate students and early-career scholars will gather to present their research at...